Analysis of Si fruits, raisins et blés, et autres telles choses

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Si fruits, raisins et blés, et autres telles choses,
Ont leur tronc, et leur cep, et leur semence aussi,
Et s'on voit au retour du printemps adouci
Naître de toutes parts violettes et roses :

Ni fruits, raisins, ni blés, ni fleurettes décloses
Sortiront, viateur, du corps qui gît ici :
Aulx, oignons, et porreaux, et ce qui fleure ainsi,
Auront ici dessous leurs semences encloses.

Toi donc, qui de l'encens et du baume n'as point,
Si du grand Jules tiers quelque regret te point,
Parfume son tombeau de telle odeur choisie :

Puisque son corps, qui fut jadis égal aux dieux,
Se soulait* paître ici de tels mets précieux,
Comme au ciel Jupiter se paît de l'ambroisie.


Scheme AAAA AAAA BBA AAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111111 1111111111 1111111101 111111110 111011111110 11111111 111111111 111111 11111111111 1111110111 1111111 111111111 1111111111 11110011111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 678
Words 117
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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